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Chant of Drums is a composition for percussion instruments of Iran based on the rhythms and melodies heard in the spiritual religious ceremonies of Zekr (a ritualistic dance performed by the dervishes during devotional ceremonies) and Samâ (the state of self-abandonment reached through listening ,whereby the dervish becomes one with the world). These rituals are performed in the Khânghâh (place of spiritual gathering) of the province of Kurdistan, as well as in religious mourning ceremonies in the city of Booshehr. This work includes various rhythmical figures and it has a special polyrhythmical form composed of the various rhythms found in the aforementioned ceremonies and regions.